Nailless horseshoe



Patented May 9, I899;

NAlLLESS nonsssnbs.

A E H J (Application filed July 22, 1898.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN JOSEPH HEARST, OF NEWBURG, YORK.

NAILLESS HORSES HOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 624,650, dated May 9, 1899.

Application filed July 22,1398. Serial No. 686,599. (No model.) I

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN JOSEPH HEARST, a citizen of the United States, residing at New burg, in the county of Orange and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to horseshoes in which the usual nails which are driven through holes in the shoe up through the hoof and then clenched are dispensed with; and its object is to provide an improved shoe having upwardlyextending clips or flanges formed integral therewith at the front and sides and the side clips so constructed as to be bent around the back of the hoof and said clips or flanges provided with holes for the passage of screws for holding the shoe to the hoof.

The invention consists, essentially, in a horseshoe formed with an upwardly-extending clip or flange at the front and with opposite side flanges formed with rearward extensions, so as to be larger at the outer or upper ends than at their junction with the shoe, so

that said extensions can be bent back of the hoof.

It also consists in forming the under side or tread of the shoe with a series of integral wedge shaped projections with tapering spaces therebetween, said projections taking the place of the ordinary calks and the spaces forming clearance-openings for snow and dirt, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a horseshoe constructed according to my invention, showing the same ready to be applied to a hoof. Fig. 2'is a View showing the same applied to a hoof. Fig. 3 is a bottom View.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral 1 designates a shoe having the shape approximately of a horses hoof, as usual. Formed with said shoe at the front or toe portion is an upwardly-extending clip 2, which inclines backwardly or inwardly, so as to conform to the shape of the hoof, and is provided with a hole 3 for the passage of a screw, by which it is held to the hoof.

The numeral 4 designates a clip or flange at each side of the shoe formed with rearward extensions 5, which are approximately the same length as the remaining portion of the clip and are not connected with the shoe, so- .that'the upper edge of the clip will be about,

twice the length of the line of junction of the clip and shoe and a space 6 will be formed be tween said extensions and the shoe.

The numeral'7 designates holes for the passage of screws. The rear ends of said extensions are formed with vertical flanges 8.

The under side ortread of the shoe is'formed with a number of connected wedge-shaped projections 9, integral with the shoe, and be tween these projections are tapering'spaces 10, forming clearance-openings for snow and dirt. v

The shoe is preferably made of malleable iron, and in practice it is placed on the hoof and the clips arebent inwardly by blows from a hammer. Screws are passed through the holes in the clip and extend into the hoof.

' Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is-- 1. As an improved article, a horseshoe pro vided with an upwardly-extending toe-clip with a screw-hole therein and upwardly-ere tending side clips each provided with a rearward extension having a vertical flange at the end and formed with screw-holes, and said extensions adapted to be bent back of'a hoof and screwed thereto, substantially as described.

2. As an improved article, a horseshoe formed with the upwardly-extending toe-clip JOHN JosEPH HEARST.

Witnesses:

O. L. WARING, C. B. Moss. 

